Charlie sat at his computer station and did what his instructor told him. His task involved a complex blend of writing code for online gaming as well as creating unique software that benefited corporations – mainly the financial services sector – and also cyber-security programs to guard against unwanted hackers. He was a good student, and the fact that he was a Black-American only made his future rosier, should he later find work with one of the mega-wealthy computer corporations that drove the American Internet. He did his work so well, that the professor of the class, having roamed around from workstation to workstation, wanted to speak with him after class.The class finished as a matter of course, and the professor startled the students by turning on the bright tube lights a bit unexpe
